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Fannie Lou Hamer

by Earnest N. Bracey
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This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest civil rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer. Known for her daring, her brinkmanship and her impassioned speech-making, Hamer rose to prominence in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, an intrepid group which tried to unseat the predominantly white Democrats of Mississippi during the 1964 Democratic National Convention. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Hamer fought her entire life to expand freedom and basic rights to African Americans in the United States.
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Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

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  • Release date: January 10, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780786487394
  • Release date: January 10, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780786487394
  • File size: 1269 KB
  • Release date: January 10, 2014
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Multi-Cultural Politics Sociology Nonfiction

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This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest civil rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer. Known for her daring, her brinkmanship and her impassioned speech-making, Hamer rose to prominence in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, an intrepid group which tried to unseat the predominantly white Democrats of Mississippi during the 1964 Democratic National Convention. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Hamer fought her entire life to expand freedom and basic rights to African Americans in the United States.
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Multi-Cultural Politics Sociology Nonfiction